US Steel Import Licenses Decline in April

Licenses to import steel into the US declined from March to April, with all major flat-rolled product categories showing month-on-month (MoM) declines, according to the latest figures from the Department of Commerce’s US Steel Import Monitor.

Import licenses totaled more than 2.292 million net tons in April. This was a 12% drop from March’s final import figure of almost 2.617 million tons and similar to February’s import level. April’s licenses were 16% lower than the 2.733 million tons imported in the same month of 2022.

Laura Miller

Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. She has held various editorial positions with steel industry publications, associations, and mills since 2007. She joined the SMU team in 2022. She is a member of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries and a past-president of the AWMI Pittsburgh Chapter. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

Laura Miller

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